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rec·ti·tude  (rkt-td, -tyd)
n.
1. Moral uprightness; righteousness.
2. The quality or condition of being correct in judgment.
3. The quality of being straight.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin rctitd, from Latin rctus, straight; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
recti·tudi·nous adj.
rectitude
Noun
moral or religious correctness: a model of rectitude [Latin rectus right]
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Noun1.rectituderectitude - righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
uprightness
righteousness - adhering to moral principles
rectitude
noun 1. morality, principle, honour, virtue, decency, justice, equity, integrity, goodness, honesty, correctness, righteousness, probity, incorruptibility, scrupulousness, uprightness << OPPOSITE immorality
noun 2. correctness, justice, accuracy, precision, verity, rightness, soundness, exactness
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It is all done out of sheer rectitude--out of a rectitude which is magnified to the point of the younger son believing that he has been RIGHTLY sold, and that it is simply idyllic for the victim to rejoice when he is made over into pledge.
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
This had always been a principle in the Dodson family; it was one form if that sense of honor and rectitude which was a proud tradition in such families,--a tradition which has been the salt of our provincial society.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
Her disappointment in Charlotte made her turn with fonder regard to her sister, of whose rectitude and delicacy she was sure her opinion could never be shaken, and for whose happiness she grew daily more anxious, as Bingley had now been gone a week and nothing more was heard of his return.
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